Solar panels. Credit: CBCEW Today, 36 faith institutions from 11 countries announce their divestment from fossil fuels. It comes from institutions in Brazil, Argentina, India, …
CBCEW: Bishops’ Conference issues guidance for church life for Step 3 of Government’s Covid Roadmap (17th May 2021)
As of tomorrow, 17 May, we enter Step 3 of the Government’s COVID-19 Response Roadmap. The Bishops’ Conference has produced guidance for the Dioceses of England and Wales as we enter Step 3. The local bishop decides how any relevant guidance is applied in his diocese.
Pope Francis: Children’s deaths in Israel-Gaza conflict ‘terrible and unacceptable’
Pope Francis made an impassioned appeal Sunday for an end to surging violence in the Holy Land.
Speaking after the recitation of the Regina Coeli this afternoon, the pope expressed alarm at the Israel-Gaza conflict which has left more than 100 people dead, many of them children.
‘Do not lose hope’: Pope Francis offers Mass for Myanmar’s Catholics in St. Peter’s Basilica
Pope Francis celebrated Mass this morning for Burmese Catholics, urging them not to lose hope as their homeland is engulfed by violence.
In his homily in St. Peter’s Basilica this morning, the pope encouraged people not to fall into despair as security forces in Burma repress protests following a military coup.
Pope Francis asks society which it values more: Children or money
Pope Francis attends the ‘General State of the Birth Rate’ event in Rome, May 14, 2021./ Vatican Media. Pope Francis urged Europeans on Friday to …
German Catholic bishops’ leader: ecumenical event ‘not about intercommunion’
Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference. Courtesy: Diocese of Limburg The head of the German Catholic bishops has said that a major …
Gaza priest: We are preparing the parish in case people need to take refuge
For most of us, the Feast of the Ascension is an occasion of celebration – a time to raise our eyes beyond earthly things to …
We pray as people of peace for an end to the violence engulfing the Holy Land
Violence in Israel Palestine Credit: CBCEW Bishop Declan Lang, Chair of the Bishops’ International Affairs department, has echoed calls for an end to “the occupation, …
Pope Francis at the general audience: ‘Prayer works miracles’
Pope Francis’ general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace, May 12, 2021./ Daniel Ibañez/CNA. Pope Francis said today that persistent prayer …
German Catholics defy Vatican with blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples
A blessing service as part of a day of action in defiance to the Vatican’s ruling on same-sex unions in the Youth Church in Würzburg, …
Vatican responds to bishops’ call to amend Church law on crimes against minors
The dome of St. Peter’s Basilica./ Luxerendering/Shutterstock. The Vatican has told the bishops of England and Wales that it is amending the Code of Canon …
Pope Francis establishes the ministry of catechist
Image Credit: CBCEW With a new Apostolic Letter issued motu proprio, Pope Francis establishes the lay ministry of catechist, intended to respond to an urgent …
Pope Francis: To love like Christ means saying ‘no’ to love of money, vanity, power
Pope Francis waves during Regina Coeli address on May 2, 2021./ Vatican Media/CNA. Pope Francis said today that loving like Christ requires a rejection of …
German Catholic diocese hosts event declaring same-sex blessings a case of ‘not if, but how’
Churches in Germany are flying LGBT pride flags in response to the Vatican’s ‘no’ to same-sex blessings./ Rudolf Gehrig/CNA Deutsch. A German Catholic diocese has …
German Catholic bishops’ leader: We are not ‘schismatics’
Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg./ Bistum Limburg. The chairman of the German Catholic bishops’ conference has insisted that the country’s Catholics are not “schismatics” seeking …
Pope Francis calls for suspension of Covid-19 vaccine patents in ‘Vax Live’ concert video
Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 22, 2016. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk. Pope Francis called for the “temporary suspension of intellectual property rights” for COVID-19 …
Cardinal: In caring for the world, we care for each other
In a special message for the global prayer initiative ‘Thy Kingdom Come’, Cardinal Vincent Nichols has upheld two key pillars of the Christian faith – …
Policies criminalising Asylum Seekers provide a ‘charter for trafficking,’ says Bishop
Image Credit: CBCEW Bishop William Kenney CP, a member of the Santa Marta Group, has written to Home Secretary Priti Patel with a strong message …
Cardinals’ council discusses pandemic recovery, curial reform with Pope Francis
A view of St. Peter’s Basilica from within the Vatican./ Bohumil Petrik/CNA. Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals met online Thursday to discuss the Church’s response …
Migration Bishop: Migrants and refugees enrich society not usurp our way of life
Bishop Paul McAleenan looking out to the see from Dover. Credit: CBCEW Speaking at a Vatican press conference, Bishop Paul McAleenan encourages Catholics to have …